 | John Matthews Manly - 1926 - 928 ページ
...cannot spell, Despatch a courier to a wizard's grave, And fight with honest men to shield a knave. 160 Now forging scrolls, now foremost in the fight, Not quite a felon, yet but half a knight, The gibbet... | |
 | George Gordon Byron - 1994 - 884 ページ
...cannot spell, Despatch a courier to a wizard's grave, And fight with honest men to shield a knave. Next view in state, proud prancing on his roan, The golden-crested haughty Marmion, Now forging scrolls, now foremost in the fight, Not quite a felon, yet but half a knight, The gibbet... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1996 - 868 ページ
...cannot spell, Despatch a courier to a wizard's grave, And fight with honest men to shield a knave. 165 Next view in state, proud prancing on his roan, The golden-crested haughty Marmion, Now forging scrolls, now foremost in the fight, Not quite a felon, yet but half a knight, 1 . Sec the... | |
 | Thorslev - 1999 - 240 ページ
...youthful poet was later to regret, as he regretted most of his rash criticisms in this early satire: Next view in state, proud prancing on his roan, The golden-crested haughty Marmion, Now forging scrolls, now foremost in the fight, Not quite a Felon, yet but half a Knight, The gibbet... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1921 - 316 ページ
...Marmion's guilt. Byron in English Bards and Scotch Reviewers, published in 1808, thus describes the poem : 'Next view in state, proud prancing on his roan, The golden-crested, haughty Marmion, Now forging scrolls, now foremost in the fight, Not quite a felon, yet but half a knight, The gibbet... | |
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Now forging scrolls, now foremost in the fight, Not quite a felon, yet but half a knight, The gibbet or the field prepared to grace ; A mighty mixture of the great and base. 
